A/N: Here is the next chapter of this little mini-series. Note that you may notice some OOC behaviour in this chapter, I will explain whynI did so in the chapter end notes. Any way, enjoy!
Brothers
Dr. Doofenshmirtz was busy cleaning his apartment. As he was sweeping the floor, he grumbled "Bah, stupid robot! Why did I even bother building him if he can't even keep my apartment clean!"
"I thought you built me so that I would get rid of Perry the platypus sir" Norm replied
"Quiet you!" Doof snapped, not tolerating any smart-talk form his robot assistant.
The doorbell rang, interrupting his little rant. "Hmm, I wonder who it could be?" He asked himself, although he half suspected the awnser. The man walked to the door and opened it, only to confirm his suspicion
"Hey kid, what's up?" Dr. D greeted Phineas.
"Hi..." Phineas greeted in a tone that had very little enthusiasm in it.
Doofenshmirtz raised an eyebrow and motioned him inside "Come in"
Phineas started walking forward with a lifeless expression.
Doof raisded an eyebrow. The boy just kept walking forward and didn't even pay attention to his surroundings.
"Um, is everything all-" Doof began, then noticed Phineas walking towards one of his latest inventions.
"Um, be careful with that, I spent a lot of time on that so I-" he was again interrupted when Phineas collided with the machine, his head pushing the 'self-destruct' button. The machine blew up into millions of tiny pieces in a violent explosion, but Phineas remained completely unharmedand and continued walking forward in the same manner as before.
"-I, I guess I can rebuild that later..." Doof finissed his sentence.
He then noticed that Phineas was headed towards some vase that was placed on a podium.
"Oh, I see you like my vase! Yeah, it's worth-" he was again interrupted then Phineas walked past it and accidentally bumped it with his shoulder, causing in to fall down and smash on impact.
Doof's expression fell "-worthless... now, any way..." Doof explained as he scratched the back of his head. He then saw the direction Phineas was headed, and widened his eyes in horror; the balcony.
Dofenshmirtz sprinted towards him as fast as he could. Doofenshmirtz grabbed him by the shoulder, while still being in full sprint, and spun him around 180°. Doof then slipped on a bananna peel and as he was trying to regain his balance, stepped into a conveniently located rolerblade and screamed as he hurtled over the edge.
He was sreamed as he fell, then stopped and glared as he realised something "Wait a minute! This doesn't even make any sense! I don't even eat banannas!". He then landed on the ground and hit the pavement, hard!
"Have a safe trip sir!" Norm shouted out. Moments later, both Phineas and Norm looked towards the door as they heard it being opened, and noticed Dr. D stepping in, completely unharmed.
"Welcome back sir!" His robot assistant gleefully greeted, oblivious to the entire situation. Doof then walked towards Phineas, the boy having, somewhat, regained his composure.
Doof placed a hand on his shoulder and asked "Um, kid, is there something that's bothering you?". In spite of everything that had just happened, Doof was suprisingly calm towards Phineas, his voice betraying his concern for the boy.
Phineas sighed "Is it that obvious?"
"Kinda... I mean you're normally happier than me when I get my monthly alimony check" Doof explained. "What's wrong?" The man asked him.
Phinesas didn't awnser at first, then spoke up "Ferb... me and him, got into an argument..."
Doof blinked twice, waiting for the boy to continue. When Phineas didn't say another word, Dr.D replied "That's it? You're this upset becouse of a little argument with your brother?"
Phineas replied in a slightly confused tone "Yeeeeees...?"
Dr.D stared at him for a few moments, then spontaniously burst into laughter. Phineas glared at him "This isn't funny Dr.D! Me and Ferb have always been best friends, and this is our first real argument!"
Doofenshmirt, upon hearing those words, stopped laughing and look at the boy with a dumbstruck expression "Wait, you've never argued with your brother before?"
"Nope"
"Not even once?"
"Na-ah"
"Not even a little agrument?"
"Not even a little one! Me and Ferb have always gotten along! But today we disagreed on some project and got into an argument, andnow we're mad at each other!" Phineas exclaimed.
"Ok... and what exactly is it that you are worried about?" Doofenshmirtz asked him, not really seeing much of a problem.
Phineas sighed "Well, what if this means that we won't be friends anymore! What if he stays mad at me forever!"
Doof gave him an amused expression and patted him on the shoulder "Listen kid, I think you're overreacting"
"Overreacting?"
"Yes. As far as I know, you and your brother are very close to each other, so I doubt a silly argument will cause him to hate you. Just apologize or something." Doof advised him.
"Me? He's the one who started it!" Phineas said angrily, not understanding why he was the one who had to say sorry.
"Regardless! Just apologize and sort this whole thing out as soon as possible. Otherwise you might regret it some day." Doof warned him.
Phineas eyed Dr.D "Regret it?" He asked.
Doof smiled softly and took a deep breath "Kid, it's really not worth falling apart becouse of this. Sure, you might be mad now, but some years later, you may regret never having said anything. So it's better to put your pride aside than to look back on this situation several years from now and realise that it's too late to mend" the scientist explained.
Phineas though about the man's words and realised that he was right; him and Ferb were very close, and it really wasn't worth arguing over something as stupid as this.
Later that day.
Doofenshmirtz was still cleaning his apartment. Phineas had left quite a mess by blowing up his -inator and smashing his vase. The boy had left shortly after Doof's little speech, sprinting out of his building.
The man then heard his phone buzz "A text?" he said curiously.
He took his phone out and opened the inbox. There he saw a message from Phineas and opened it
Thanks for the advice Dr.D! Me and Ferb cleared the whole thing up and now we're busy working on our invention! I can't wait to show it to you once it's done! See you soon!
Doof took his eyescoff the phone and redirected his gaze to a picture on the wall. In the picture was non-other than his brother Roger and the word 'idiot!' was written on the frame with a red marker. Doof stared at the picture wistfully for a few moments, then looked at his phone again and smiled, a bittersweet feeling suddenly overwhelming him.
End
Chapter end notes
So, to explain the OOC behaviour; for Phineas, everyone (even brothers who are as close as him and Ferb) get into arguments. That's the reality of the World, so if I breake Disney's little ideal cliché world, GOOD! And for Doofenshmirtz, since this is set some years after he becomes a teacher in the series and realises he is not truly evil, I would expect him to become much nicer and a bit more down to Earth than he is in the show. Any way, hope you enjoyed reading this! Until next time!
jolleIQ is out, PEACE!
